[Obo-discuss] Ontolog Forum Session: 26 May 2011: Update on IAOA: You Can Make a Valuable Contribution Internationally to Ontology and its Applications!

[Obrst, L. J. <lo...@mi...>]

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= REMINDER =



Coming up this Thursday, 26-May-2011 is a panel session hosted by the

International Association for Ontology and its Application (IAOA).

When we will hear from some members of the IAOA Executive Council, and

champions of the upcoming (July, 2011 - Florence, Italy) first IAOA

Summer Institute on Process Ontology.



Session Title: Update on IAOA: You Can Make a Valuable Contribution

Internationally to Ontology and its Applications!



Co-chairs: Dr. Leo Obrst (MITRE) and Professor MichaelGruninger (U of Toronto)



Agenda:



1. Presentation:



*  What is IAOA? (Dr. Nicola Guarino)

*  What has IAOA accomplished the first year? (Professor John Bateman)

*  IAOA Membership, 2010-2011 (Dr. Laure Vieu)

*  FOIS 2010 and FOIS 2012 (Professor MichaelGruninger)

*  Ontology Summit 2011: Making the Case for Ontology (Dr. Leo Obrst)

*  IAOA Summer Institute in Applied Ontology 2011, July 2011

(Professor Werner Kuhn)

*  New Committees, Special Interest Groups (Professor Giancarlo Guizzardi)

*  Future IAOA Activities and Issues, IAOA Advisory Board (Dr. Nicola

Guarino, Professor John Bateman)



2. Interactive segment: expectations and answers - Why should I join

IAOA? (open discussion + Q&A))



3. Conclusion: Summary and Follow-up (NicolaGuarino)





Please refer to the session page for dial-in and other details at:

http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_05_26





... RSVP now (if you haven't already) by adding your name to the wiki

(if you are already a member of IAOA or the Ontolog community) or

email me <pet...@ci...<mailto:pet...@ci...>> (off-line, please) to register your

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The IAOA Executive Council